Roots

Scholastic The Underground Railroad Escape from Slavery (Focus on Plantation Section)

Here are links to websites that you are asked to explore for homework during our viewing of Roots.
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//Africans in America- PBS//.
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Library of Congress Slave Narratives
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Life of Olaudah Equiano (Primary Source Account)
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The Triangular Trade- Interactive Feature
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BBC Casa Historia Feature on Slavery

Mount Vernon- Lives Bound Together Online Exhibit

Mount Vernon- Lives Bound Together Quiz (Fun, thought provoking 15 question quiz about slavery and George Washington)
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Mount Vernon- George Washington and Slavery

George Washington and Slavery- 10 Facts

Monticello- Slavery at Monticello: Paradox of Liberty
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Essay: African Contributions to American Culture

Digital Library on American Slavery (Indexed by topic)
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Colonial Williamsburg Day in the Life Biographies
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Colonial Williamsburg African American Experience
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Slavery and the Making of America-PBS
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas- A Visual Record (amazing image collection)
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Colonial Williamsburg Interactive Feature "Dressing the Part".
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